Numerous members of the Pahrump Valley High School class of 2009 received scholarships and awards at the ceremony Wednesday night.

The following is a list of scholarship recipients:

Elks Student of the Month: January- Stephanie Quakenbush; February, Robert Cowan; March, Libertie Valle; April, Anthony Jones; May, Dylan Dance.

Air Force ROTC: Connor Chenevert

Dr. Geraldine Harge Community Service Award: Karen Daun; Jeremy Mendel Memorial Award: Anthony Jones; Keith Maeder Award: Taylor Gourley, Amber Shields; Kiwanis Club of Pahrump Valley: Maria Melgar, Taylor Gourley, Timothy Rivers, Meghan Morales; Martin Luther King Award: Meghan Morales, Amber Shields, Bethani Jackson;

Masonic Lodge Award: Ashleigh Andersen, Connor Chenevert; National Guard: Ashley Wolf, Brittani Jones, Scott Peterson, Samantha Sutton, Brian Arnett; National Junior Honor Society: Maria Melgar; Pahrump Springs Chapter DAR: Connor Chenevert; Pahrump Lions Club: Maria Melgar, Maria Francis; Pahrump Valley Republican Women: Brittany Brown, Marie Francis; Ron and Charlotte Floyd Family Business: Maria Melgar; Rotary Club of Pahrump: Maria Melgar, Adriana Franco-Garcia; United Blood Services: Timothy Rivers; U.S. Air Force Academy Prep School: Katie Anderson.

University of Nevada Reno Pack Pride: Alexis Carroll, Paul Miller, Richard Martindale, Samantha Sposato; Lycoming College, Pa.: Amanda Evens; Wulfenstein Construction 2009 Outstanding Male Athlete: Ande Floyd, Zach Weldon; Female Athlete: Kristine Daffer; Stop DUI: Ashley Payton, Samantha Reiner; Brigham Young University Academic Scholarship: Ashley Rencher, Taylor Gourley; Valley Electric Scholarships: Ashley Rencher, Maria Melgar; Farmers Insurance Top 10 Student Athlete: Ashley Rencher; Southern Utah University Western Undergraduate Exchange: Cassie Steele; Northern Arizona University: Joey Colucci; Navy ROTC: Conner Chenevert; Central Christian College of the Bible: Daniel Spradlin $70,400; Classic Homes 2009 Male Scholar Athlete: Joey Colucci, Female Scholar Athlete: Samantha Sposato; Southern Utah University: Kirstine Daffer; University of Chicago: Maria Melgar; Elks Lodge: Samantha Sposato; Moose Lodge: Samantha Sposato; Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, wrestling and academics: Zach Weldon.

Students graduating with honors are: Robert Aker, Ashleigh Andersen, Katerina Anderson, Breanna Andes, De'ken Banks, Chloe Bernardo, Travis Cason, Sergio Castro, Conner Chenevert, Joseph Colucci, Kerri Conran, Samantha Contreras, Emily Couch, Kristine Daffer, Autumn Dallman, Dylan Dance, Karen Daun, McKensie Dean, Travis Dellett, Amanda Edens, Julianna Ferrara, Michael Fortin, Adriana Francio-Garcia, Taylor Gourley, Devin Greenup.

Also, they are Brittany Hammontree, Sara Harvill, Leticia Horn, Bethani Jackson, Anthony Jones, Alycia Jordan, Ashley Keller, William Klem, Leslie Larson, Brian Lee, Jacob Lovato, Jayce MacDonald, Christine Maples, Richard Martindale, Maria Melgar, Ariana Morales, Meghan Morales, Michael Morrell, Andrea Osmun, Jaitee Pitts, Ashley Rencher, Santana Rivas, Timothy Rivers, Annastacia Russell, Amber Shields, Raymond Slaughterhorn, Shayna Smith, Samantha Sposato, Daniel Spradlin, Cassandra Steele, Samanthat Sutton, Sarah Terhune, Libertie Valle, Vanessa Veloz, Shyanna Vitto, Dillon Ward, Melanie White, Zane Wogee, Jill Wulfenstein.

Students who received academic letters for a 4.0 grade point average or higher: De'ken Banks, Connor Chenevert, Joseph Colucci, Samantha Contreras, Emily Couch, Robert Cowan II, Autumn Dallman, Dylan Dance, Karen Daun, Travis Dellett, Amanda Edens, Beto Gonzales, Taylor Gourley, Devin Greenup, Brittany Hammontree, Leticia Horn, Anthony Jones II, Ashley Keller, William Klem, Brian Lee, Richard Martindale, Maria Melgar, Meghan Morales, Andrea Osmun, David Ramos, Ashley Rencher, Timothy Rivers, Amber Shields, Shayna Smith, Samantha Sposato, Sarah Terhune, Libertie Valle, Vanessa Veloz, Melanie White and Jill Wulfenstein.

Students who received academic letters for a 3.5 to 3.9 grade point average were: Robert Aker, Michael Amburgey, Ashleigh Andersen, Katerina Anderson, Stephanie Andros, Shawna Apostolee, Noami Bautista, Chloe Bernardo, Travis Cason, Danielle Cole, Kerri Conran, Kristine Daffer, Cheryl DeLaRosa, Michael Fortin III, Adriana Franco-Garcia, Heather Gibeson, Laura Haubold (FE), Gerardo Hernandez-Gonzalez, Katie Joray, Lane King,

Also, they are Savan Koivu, Leslie Larson, Jacob Lovato, Jayce MacDonald, Christine Maples, Branden McMahan, Paul Miller, Jessica Munoz, Ashley Parisi, Jose Perez Jr., Jaitee Pitts, Tiffany Pryor, Stephanie Quakenbush, Noel Ramirez, Scott Rankin, Annastacia Russell, Sydney Sargent, Arlette Scott, Daniel Spradlin, Cassandra Steele, Adolfo Veloz and Dillon Ward.

The students awarded academic medals were: Literature and Languages: Samantha Sposato, AP English; Tiffany Levitt, British literature; Kristine Daffer, honors English literature; Amanda Edens, mythology; Adriana Franco-Garcia, yearbook.

Connor Chenevert was given an award for AP government.

Students awarded academic medals in math were: Sarah Terhune, AP Calculus and Melanie White, statistics.

Students awarded academic medals for PE, health, art and music were: Chloe Bernardo, advanced ceramics; Melanie White, Art IV; Timothy (T.J.) Chezik; Anastacia Russell, concert band; Marie Francis, drawing; Ben Whitney, jazz band; Eddie Jim, percussion band; Tinja Nuutinen, photography; Leslie Larson, select choir.

Cassandra Steele was awarded the National Chorale Award.

Students given awards for Career and Technical Education were: Zane Wogee, Auto; Travis Dellett, Cisco III; Brandon McMahan, drafting III; Jaitee Pitts, HTML/Web design II; Katie Joray, pros tart II; Heather Gibeson, textiles; Jayce MacDonald, welding II; and Libertie Valle, wood I.

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